The Non-Traditional Trifle and a Wimbledon Warning

...and a little warning in advance of Monday, when I become Wimbledon obsessed and sit in

front of the TV until the 7th July eating anything strawberry related. I think things are going

to be food-heavy around here, I hope that's OK? and I warn you now. I can't wait.

If the weather today is anything to go by, we might be in for a sunny couple of tennis weeks, but then again, I've probably just jinxed all that. Today, we had a BBQ and I made a trifle for dessert.

This is not a traditional trifle, but I don't deviate from the classic too much - I just don't include the sponge base. As you may know, I am not the biggest fan of sponge, so I substitute with the help of caramel biscuits.

What I Used:

500g Ambrosia custard carton

4 strawberries

1 pack of strawberry jelly [135g]

8 Lotus biscuits

canned whipped cream

handful of flaked almonds

I bought this trifle bowl for £2.25 in Sainsburys. £2.25 and I could not resist.

Perfect size for around 4 servings [6 if you are being mean with your portion sizes]:

As this is a simple dessert to put together, I thought I'd make an effort with the decoration, so used 4 large strawberries , sliced them lengthways and arranged them around the bottom of the bowl:

...mixing up the jelly as instructed with hot and then cold water, I poured this in the the bowl
and left to set in the fridge for a couple of hours:

..holding the strawberries in place:

Next, I used my favourite feel-like-your-in-a-cafe-at-home biscuits, Lotus caramelised biscuits. These are flaming awesome and wont go soggy and this is the selfish aspect of my trifle. I love them.

I bashed them to pieces and then layered until the strawberries and jelly were covered:

Next, I used a carton of custard to make the next layer:

..and then literally went mad with the can of cream and almonds for the final layer and decoration: